Boardingkortet er klar.

to be

Breakdown of Boardingkortet er klar.

• klar: ready
• boardingkortet: the boarding pass

Questions & Answers about Boardingkortet er klar.

What is boardingkortet, and why does it end in -et?

Boardingkortet is the noun boardingkort with the definite ending attached.

• boardingkort = boarding pass
• boardingkortet = the boarding pass

In Danish, the definite article is often added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word before it.

Because boardingkort is a neuter noun, its definite singular form takes -et:

• et boardingkort = a boarding pass
• boardingkortet = the boarding pass

Also, boardingkort is a compound noun:

• boarding
  • kort

The last part, kort, determines the gender, so the whole word is neuter.

Why is there no separate word for the?

Danish usually puts the at the end of the noun as a suffix.

So instead of saying something like a separate the boarding pass, Danish normally says:

• boardingkortet

This is very common in Danish:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car
• et hus = a house
• huset = the house

A separate definite word can appear in some other structures, especially when there is an adjective before the noun:

• det klare boardingkort = the ready/clear boarding pass

But in your sentence, there is no adjective inside the noun phrase, so the attached definite ending is the normal form.